SYN: Papaver.
- p. oil a fixed (drying) oil expressed from the seed of Papaver somniferum; sometimes used in the preparation of liniments and as a solvent of iodine in iodized oil.
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pop·py 'päp-ē n, pl poppies any herb of the genus Papaver (family Papaveraceae, the poppy family) esp OPIUM POPPY
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pop·py (popґe) 1. any plant of the family Papaveraceae. 2. the flower of such a plant.Medical dictionary. 2011.